Steyning Grammar School

Steyning Grammar School
Steyning Grammar School
	Coat of arms of the School
Address
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	Shooting Field; Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RX; England
Coordinates	50°53′36″N 0°19′46″W / 50.89334°N 0.32936°WCoordinates: 50°53′36″N 0°19′46″W / 50.89334°N 0.32936°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Every Person the Best they Can Be
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1614; 407 years ago
Founder	William Holland
Local authority	West Sussex
Trust	Bohunt Education Trust
Department for Education URN	148221 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Susan Gearing
Co-Headteachers	Mr Noel Kennedy and Mrs Nat Nicol
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	2,455 pupils
Campuses	3
Colour(s)	Blue and Red
Alumni	Old Grammarians
Website	http://www.sgs.uk.net/

Steyning Grammar School is a coeducational day and boarding, Senior school and sixth form. Located in Steyning, West Sussex, England.

The school has two lower school sites catering for Years 7 and 8. The original site is located in Church Street, Steyning whilst a second site opened at Rock Road in Storrington in September 2017 (Former site of Rydon Community College). A larger upper school site at Shooting Field, Steyning caters for students in Years 9 to 11 who study the Key Stage 4 curriculum over three years. The school's Sixth Form College for students in Years 12 and 13 is also based at the Shooting Field site (Soon to be moved to the towers site).

History[]

Steyning Grammar School, original gate

Steyning Grammar School was founded and endowed as a grammar school in 1614 by William Holland, an Alderman of Chichester. In 1968, it merged with Steyning Secondary Modern School to form the current comprehensive school. The combined school shares two sites in Steyning: Church Street, which houses years 7 and 8, and Shooting Field, which houses years 9-11 and the sixth form college. A third lower school site opened in Storrington in September 2017 following the closure of Rydon Community College. Some Physical education lessons are taught at Steyning Leisure Centre.

On 11 March 2020, after only two 1-hour meetings open to the community, school governors voted to convert the 400 year old school to an academy as part of the Bohunt Trust. A teaching union warned that the school has “nothing to gain and everything to lose” and there was talk of strike action after the plans were announced.^[2] Converting Steyning Grammar School into an academy "would give Bohunt complete control over its curriculum and the hiring of teachers".^[2]

Bohunt Education Trust runs eight schools in total, including secondary schools in Worthing and Horsham.

Notable alumni[]

Greg Barker, Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle
Sir Tom Blundell, head of biochemistry at the University of Cambridge^[3]
Bernard Holden MBE, President of the Bluebell Railway and pioneer in railway preservation
Adam Stephen Kelly, award-winning film writer, director and producer
Ralph Lainson OBE, parasitologist
Peter Marshall, author and anarchist
Geoffrey Munn OBE, MVO. author; managing director of London jewellers, Wartski, BBC Antiques Roadshow jewellery expert
Elizabeth Norton, historian
John Pell, 1611–85, originator of Pell's equation^[4]
Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, botanical artist and botanist^[5]
Connor Swindells, actor^[6]
John Trevett (1942–2019), cricketer
Ted Walker, 1934–2004, poet, author and dramatist^[7]
Lancelot Ware OBE, 1915–2000, co-founder of Mensa^[8]

Boarding[]

Steyning Grammar School has a boarding site located at Church Street. It is opposite the Lower School and is around half a mile away from the Upper School in Shooting Field. It is one of the only public state schools with boarding facilities.^[9]

Boarders can join at the beginning of Year 9 and Year 12 to follow GCSE and A-level courses respectively.

References[]

^ "SGS 'MOST WICKET' WIN". 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Strike threats as 400-year-old school votes for academy plans". The Argus.
^ "Winter Graduation Ceremonies 2001" (Press release). University of Sussex Media Release. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Pell, John (PL624J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Pupil's work pays off at show". West Sussex County Times. 20 June 2003. p. 20.
^ "Billingshurst actor stars in new film in cinemas across the UK". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
^ Colin Rose (2 April 2004). "Obituary: Ted Walker". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ Jason Tomes, ‘Ware, Lancelot Lionel (1915–2000)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2006 accessed 9 September 2016
^ "Steyning Grammar School Boarding". www.sgs.uk.net. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

External links[]

Official Steyning Grammar School website
Steyning Grammar School Old Boys website
"Steyning: Education". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part). 1980. pp. 245–46. Retrieved 24 May 2006.

[1] "SGS 'MOST WICKET' WIN". 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.

[Argus-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Strike threats as 400-year-old school votes for academy plans". The Argus.

[3] "Winter Graduation Ceremonies 2001" (Press release). University of Sussex Media Release. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[4] "Pell, John (PL624J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] "Pupil's work pays off at show". West Sussex County Times. 20 June 2003. p. 20.

[6] "Billingshurst actor stars in new film in cinemas across the UK". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.

[7] Colin Rose (2 April 2004). "Obituary: Ted Walker". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[8] Jason Tomes, ‘Ware, Lancelot Lionel (1915–2000)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2006 accessed 9 September 2016

[9] "Steyning Grammar School Boarding". www.sgs.uk.net. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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